Thursday 18 June 2015

Oops, I did it again

I've been weak again - I started another jumper. It has been on my list since I saw it on the cover of a wartime Stitchcraft magazine.

I've mentioned before about my slight obsession with knitting magazines, and I acquired this one a little while ago. I have to report that I have been a good knitter recently and have not been on Ebay.


It is described as a honeycomb pattern, and is more challenging than anything I have done recently, and I have to say I am really enjoying it. A bit of cable, a twist, all interspersed with ribbing. I haven't got far yet, but I only started on Monday. I had two reasons for starting it: I have had this wool in my collection for a long time, saving it for a very special knitted. It is a very close colour match. I found the buttons at Spitalfields market, but I still haven't found a buckle, which is quite crucial. I've really got to hunt one down to match the buttons. The original uses buttons to tone with the bag, I think, but I don't think I'll make the bag.

The second reason for starting this was her pose and the turban she is wearing. It's just so chic. If I try to recreate that pose I might need to invest in some more blusher! Woah, that is all the rouge.


This is my new project bag. The moment I saw it at the E17 Art Trail, I knew I had to have it. I have one of the old row counters that is printed on it. It is from Dotty Designs, and can accommodate quite a hefty amount of wool! It lives next to my sofa now, in full view, not stuffed in the corner with all the lost souls of half-finished knits.


This week I went to an L7 gig in Camden town at The Electric Ballroom. It had been quite a long time since I went to a gig, and - wait for it - more than 20 years since I last saw L7! (I may as well come clean, it's not like I'm pretending to be a young flibbertigibbet.) It was at the now (in)famous 1992 Reading festival. L7 were wonderfully wild and already notorious, riding on the (short-lived) 3rd wave of feminist optimism, as was I. I wore a t-shirt by Silverfish emblazoned with the slogan 'Hips, Tits, Lips, Power'.


They did not disappoint. My friends and I got in just as L7 went on, deciding on one last quick drink in one of our old haunts The Good Mixer.


Err, I don't know what I'm doing here. Too many Snakebites.


I went with my two Riot Grrrl buds, Shanthi and Nese. We used to roam the streets of Camden Town on a regular basis, but Nese and I both have children, so now we mostly roam playgrounds and parks.


We shoved our way down near the front, and the crowd just boiled when they played 'Andres'. After a few songs, we looked guiltily at each other, and decided we needed a drink. Not that the pit was too much for us or anything!


Ah, it was fun being 'young' and carefree again. Glad I got the last Tube home, though.

Theodora.

11 comments:

  1. Ah Silverfish - I always wanted that t-shirt, it was the coolest. Just recently sold my record collection, including L7, Babes in Toyland and a Silverfish album to Reckless Records on Berwick St as I hadn't listened to them for years and needed the space for boxen of fabric, knitting magazines and sewing patterns!

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    1. Oh no, what a shame you sold such a great collection! I wish I could find d that t-shirt now!

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  2. It's always good to let your hair down & go back to your youth.... bet you paid for it the next day thou!!
    Love the knitting cube, I've added it to my birthday wish list. Looking forward to seeing your finished cardigan :-) x

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    1. I wasn't too bad, just soo tired. It is a handy little bag/cube, and pretty enough to have on show. Got to try to finish this before I cast on anything else!

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  3. Can't wait to see how the jumper turns out. I think Stitchcraft really knew how to pose their models :)

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    1. Stitchcraft covers are the best. Gotta find a buckle now. Thanks Jennie. What are you knitting at the moment?

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  4. Hehe ! stitchcraft did it again, a pdf is just not the same as a lovely old magazine, we still have some L7 vinyl and back in the day we met one of the members of babes in toyland at a Rough Trade party, a friend of ours was a label manager back in the early 90s, Wow so long ago !! you looked like you had a good time :)

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    1. PDFs do have their place, as these magazines get scarcer. L7 vinyl?!

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  5. I remember someone having that T-shirt at university. Can't remember her name, can remember her shaven head!

    You are going to rock that cardi. I can picture you in it now.

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  6. Oooohh, and you've started it one of my all-time favourite colours - mustard/saffron yellow. I rediscovered, so to speak, that hue three years ago and started incorporating it into my wardrobe. I was hooked instantly and now count it amongst my top ten favourite colours.

    Happy knitting - it looks like a great sweater already!

    ♥ Jessica

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    1. Thank you Jessica, it's a great shade isn't it? Now I need skirts and trousers in complementary shades!

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